on July 18, 1966 , South Cotabato was finally formed as an independent province raring to push its own development. In 1992, South Cotabato gave birth to a new province. Seven towns in southern and coastal section of the province now form part of the Province of Sarangani . This was a new challenge. In addition, South Cotabateños , with their indomitable pioneering spirit have proven once more their ability to face and hurdle diverse challenges ably went through with the demands of time.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Cotabato

lake sebu

lake sebu

lake sebu

lake sebu

DAY TWO:

SOUTH COTABATO

saturday, 0600H we woke-up, and went to a mini convenience store in the other resort and have our coffee. 0745H we left gumasa beach and rode a tricycle going to the glam poblacion terminal. around 0900H we arrived in KCC mall nearby area, then rode again for a tricycle bound to bulaong terminal.then, we aboard an aircon bus going to koronadal city terminal (formerly known as maribel). after less than an hour, we aboard an ordinary bus bound to surallah terminal. then, we rode a van going to lake sebu, directly to punta isla resort, which cost php75 per pax. finally, 1230H we were inside the resort. past 1400H we were able to ate our lunch due to heavy load of customers. at 1500H we decided to went for another adventure which was the lake sebu's finest, the 7-falls zipline adventure, the highest zipline in asia at 200 meters and 300 meters above sea level. we visited 1st the falls #1, called Hikong Alu, and have our photo-ops there, opposite of which was the zipline area. 1st zipline with length of 700m and starts from falls #2 to falls #5. 2nd zip with a length of 300m and starts from falls# 5. then, we went to falls #2 named as Hikong Bente, for some major photo-ops again. finally, we bought some souvenirs and decided to leave this fascinating place at 1730H and went home.

7-falls in lake sebu

7-falls in lake sebu

7-falls in lake sebu

7-falls in lake sebu

7-falls in lake sebu

7-falls in lake sebu

7-falls in lake sebu

sunday, we went back to general santos city via with similar route above, lunch there and visited their queen tuna park for less than 1-minute snapshots. At past 1300H, we were in airport and at 1630H, we were in naia terminal 3.